CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)

Public Service Worker Protection Act

H.R. 3139 · House bill Labor and Employment

A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See all 86 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Public Service Worker Protection Act. It changes the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand workplace safety coverage to public employees. This means the rules will now cover workers employed by the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State. The main rules take effect 90 days after the bill is enacted. However, there is a special exception giving States and political subdivisions without an approved State plan 36 months to comply.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Would union members be better off under this?

    Significantly improves safety protections for public sector union members.

  • Scored +5

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    Extends federal OSHA oversight to state and local government employees.

  • Scored +2

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    Expanded safety coverage generally aligns with union goals for worker protection.

The opposite

  • Scored -5

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    Reduces state autonomy over the safety standards of their own public employees.